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Literary Nonficiton. Canadian History. Aronsen tells the story of the spread of the "hippie" lifestyle north from San Francisco into Vancouver, and how this rocked the buttoned-down, Protestant, white-bread frontier town that Vancouver had been up til then.

A wise and involving book about feminine thresholds, spiritual growth, and renewal, "Traveling with Pomegranates" is a revealing self-portrait by the beloved author of "The Secret Life of Bees" and her daughter, a writer in the making.

From Captain George Vancouver to Muriel "Curve of Time" Blanchet to Jim "Spilsbury's Coast" Spilsbury, visitors to Desolation Sound have left behind a trail of books endowing the area with a romantic aura that helps to make it British Columbia's most popular marine park.

This Rabindranath Tagore biography maps out chronologically the musical journey of the poet with anecdotes and allusions, and includes translations of some of Tagores most evocative songs. It is also illustrated with twenty-four photographs and paintings that are crucial to the understanding of Tagore as a musician.

Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions, was born in 1919 to missionary parents in China. His lifelong spiritual journey brought him face-to-face with many of the people who shaped the 20th century.

An accomplished novelist, satirist, and garden writer, Des Kennedy describes his life journey from a childhood of strict Irish Catholicism in England to a charmed existence amid the gardens of hisGulfIsland home in